If you lived in Honduras instead of Tonga, you would:

Health

be 57.0% less likely to be obese

In Tonga, 73.8% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Honduras, that number is 31.8% of people as of 2024.

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have 12.3% more access to essential health services

Tonga scores 57 out of 100 on the universal health coverage index as of 2021. Honduras scores 64 as of 2021.

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be 37.2% less likely to die by suicide

Tonga has a suicide rate of 4.7 per 100,000 people as of 2021. In Honduras, it is 3.0 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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have 51.8% fewer doctors per person

Tonga has 10.1 doctors per 10,000 people as of 2021. Honduras has 4.9 as of 2020.

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Economy

be 2.4 times more likely to be unemployed

In Tonga, 2.0% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Honduras, that number is 4.9% as of 2025.

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make 45.0% less money

Tonga has a GDP per capita of $6,547 as of 2025, while in Honduras, the GDP per capita is $3,598 as of 2025.

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Life

be 29.9% less likely to die during childbirth

In Tonga, approximately 67.0 women die from pregnancy or childbirth per 100,000 live births as of 2023. In Honduras, 47.0 women do as of 2023.

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be 11.3% less likely to be literate

In Tonga, the literacy rate is 99.5% as of 2023. In Honduras, it is 88.2% as of 2024.

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be 64.1% more likely to die during infancy

In Tonga, approximately 7.8 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2024. In Honduras, on the other hand, 12.8 children do as of 2024.

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Basic Needs

be 13.1% less likely to have internet access

In Tonga, approximately 67.4% of the population has internet access as of 2024. In Honduras, about 58.6% do as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 14.3% less on education

Tonga spends 5.3% of its total GDP on education as of 2022. Honduras spends 4.5% of total GDP on education as of 2023.

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Geography

see 96.4% more coastline

Tonga has a total of 419 km of coastline. In Honduras, that number is 823 km.

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Safety

be 2.2 times more likely to die in a road accident

In Tonga, road accidents kill 8.5 people per 100,000 as of 2021. In Honduras, they kill 18.5 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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Infrastructure

find 43.9% less home broadband

Tonga has 8.2 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. Honduras has 4.6 as of 2024.

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Environment

emit 30.1% less CO2

Tonga emits 1.6 tonnes of CO2 per person each year as of 2024. Honduras emits 1.1 tonnes as of 2024.

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be 2.0 times more likely to die from air pollution

In Tonga, air pollution causes 24.0 deaths per 100,000 people as of 2019. In Honduras, it causes 49.0 as of 2019.

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Sources: World Bank (2020–2025), United Nations SDG Indicators (2019–2021), World Health Organization (2024), The World Factbook. How we calculate this

Honduras: At a glance

Honduras is a sovereign country in Central America/Caribbean, with a total land area of approximately 111,890 sq km. Once part of Spain's vast empire in the New World, Honduras became an independent nation in 1821. After two and a half decades of mostly military rule, a freely elected civilian government came to power in 1982. During the 1980s, Honduras proved a haven for anti-Sandinista contras fighting the Marxist Nicaraguan Government and an ally to Salvadoran Government forces fighting leftist guerrillas. The country was devastated by Hurricane Mitch in 1998, which killed about 5,600 people and caused approximately $2 billion in damage. Since then, the economy has slowly rebounded.
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